Get a bachelor’s, then a master’s, then a doctorate degree in your spouse. Invest in your marriage with your time, attention, energy and even money. So many valuable pieces of successful marriage practices were seamlessly taught throughout the movie. Doing one nice thing today for one’s spouse or calling to check on how he or she is doing were some of the daily Love Dare challenges.
The old adage, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all” still applies. Some of the simple, yet potentially powerful actions that were suggested in the Love Dare included things like refraining from saying anything negative to your spouse. How does one overcome a default nature of self-seeking when our efforts to change have failed? How does one truly love another if we do not even know the Creator of love? God is the missing link in so many marriages that currently subsist in a sea of mediocrity, with many others falling prey to despair and divorce. This is the stuff of divine intervention. Transformation of the heart is not an earthly endeavor. Yet, this is the foundation upon which sincere and lasting change in marriage must occur. When anger, resentment and bitterness have been building, changing one’s attitude and humbly seeking to change our own behaviors can be a mighty mountain to climb. Transforming one’s heart is no easy task. Until he experienced a change of heart, his efforts to love were impotent. He learned that just going through the motions of love was not enough. This is made painfully obvious throughout Caleb’s efforts to win back his wife’s heart.Ĭaleb’s first big obstacle was to transform his own heart. The problem is that it isn’t always easy to do.
What I love about the “Love Dare” concept is that it highlights the fact that it really only takes one person to dramatically change a marriage. Thankfully he has a fellow firefighter and friend who is able to help him see the light.Ĭaleb also has a loving father who is able to share something from his own marital journey in the form of a “Love Dare.” This journal contains 40 days of suggested readings and practices for Caleb to do to restore the love and his faith in his marriage. Unfortunately Caleb cannot see that he is disregarding his own advice in his personal life. In training a rookie firefighter, Caleb is adamant that he never leave his partner behind, especially in the midst of a fire.
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